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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/553",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2005",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 17 of the Courts Act 2003 and after consultation with the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, the Family Procedure Rule Committee, and the Magistrates'Courts Rule Committee, in accordance with section 20(2) of the Courts Act 2003 hereby makes the following Rules:",
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "2003 c. 39."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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